What is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a set of privacy and security standards put into effect by the European Union (EU). Widely accepted as the world's strictest security and privacy law, GDPR imposes regulations on organizations that target or collect data relating to people in the EU. European Parliament signed GDPR into law in 2016, requiring all organizations to comply by May 2018. The EU introduced GDPR to replace the monstrously antiquated Data Protection Directive 1995 and "harmonize" data …

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